Nature Done Wright

My new book about the real James Bond got its start as a "Bird Watcher" column back in 2015. I sure have learned a lot since then.

The photo above, of James Bond announcing the discovery of an exceedingly rare Eskimo Curlew, ran with my column back then.

The oft-used image of Bond helped create the image of ornithologists as tweedy, pipe-smoking bird nerds when they are anything but.

As author/ornithologist Julie Zickefoose wrote in a blurb for my book, “If The Real James Bond does nothing more than convince readers that an ornithologist can be something other than proper, stodgy, or dull, it will have done a great service.”

All proceeds from my talks benefit The Nature Conservancy's Caribbean Initiative, as both the real James Bond and Ian Fleming would have wanted.

You can download the column here:

Download Wright Bird Watcher TheRecord Bond-20200305-BL03-0

You can see a schedule of all my talks in New Jersey here. Please spread the word.

I will post more info on my talks in Pennsylvania, Maine and Manhattan next week.